Sanitary mask



April 6,1926. v 1,579,449

H. E. HUBBELL SANITARY MASK Original F'led Oct. 1, 1919 ZNHS'NTOR M/MMMPatented Apr. 6, 1926i.

um'rlalznA STATES 1,519,449 'PAT-ENT OFFICE.

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Be it known that I, HENRY E. Hummm, a citizen of the Unitedv `States,residing at Bronx, New Yorkv city,'in'the county of- Bronx and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements'in a Sanitary Mask,of which the following is a speiiication.

This application is a substituteof application 327,64f.2 filed October1,y 1919.

My invention relates t'onew and useful improvements in sanitary masks,and has for videinama thin metal or other suitable similar materialones.

claims.

its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device oflthis character for use by doctors, nurses, attendants for siclg personsor others -in which the pledget o r pad is readily and easily removedand at tached so that a new pad may be substituted for the used-one.

' yAnother ob'ect of the invention is to proa. flexible holder ofcelluloid,

so that when vp laced upon the face-it will approximately conform-to thecontour of the face 'in the region or-locality of the nose and mouthf.-

A further object of the inventionis to' provide attaching means for themask which ma be readily and uicklgsttached and de'- tac ed to permit te su itution of new With these ends vieW, this invention consists in thedetails of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set.-

forth and then specifically designated by the In order 'that thoseskilled in the m 0 which this invention appertains, may understand howto make and A'use the same, I- will describe its construction in detail,referring-- by numerals to the accompanying' drawing forming a part of`this application, in

Fig. 1, is a front elevation of my improved sanitary l Fig. 2, is asection at theA line 2-2 of Fig. 1. v

ig. 3,`is a section at the -line 3-3'of Fig. 1.

In carrym' out my invention as here emg a holder of .relatively thin,which may be or cleaned when desired and this holder umay be of anysmitable contour or configuration, but is prefer Renewed August 1l,1985.

formed a mouth o nm' g4 roduci b tween it and the ipe P ng" 'e above thelower edge is ower edge, -a. lower lip` is htl concaved i as at 3 wherethe'mask ress tlslgaboi're the chin bridge 5 while another opening 6,termed the nose opemngli's cut into=the holder fromfits upgr therebyformingth) nose tab's4 7 tween said nose "o edges of the holder, ananup'perlip bridge 8 between the nose and mouth open' gs.

tion of the holder are formed ta holes 9.

Through the holes 9 inthe nose ta s andthe holesrmthe body of the holderare lthreaded the -attachmg tap 10, .for other' suitable meanswhich mabe passed aboutthe head of the user and e ends thereof tied.

pledget or ad which'may be 1n the form,

i The reference numeral .11 represents'the ofgauze,fa rbent cotton or acombina? tion of the two, or other material if found Y so y desirable,andthis 'pad is shaped to approxlmjatel of the holder and is held inplace upon'the r ho ding a'. number. ofsheets'of as Vused Pfl-15er theroffwhich will obviens. e pad .ma lne-medicated if" undv4 desirableeradvisabil f f In practice the mask isplaed upon the face and drawntightl fthereaga.v 'inst VAb the attaching means 1()Y which will causetheynose tabs 7 'to engage each side 'of'the no se and` the widest to'lie against the cheeks of the user which properly ition the nose andmouthopenings tojpe 't breathmg,'and as the air :w:

willcollect upon .those partsof the .pad

exposed throughthe" nose -and mouth open- Y ings, and assoon as thevrmask is removedA .from the face of the user thetipad maybe detached fromthe holder. andA rowh awa or destroyed y 'and a new one-substitutedtherefor.' vAit the same timethe holder may f correspond to theconfigurationA so as to cover thelmouth and M through the pad .to themouth-or nostrils the disease germs shown as these''may be varielwithinthe 110' limits of the appended claims without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,l what I claim as new anduseful is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a holder of the classdescribed formed of flexible celluloid having a mouth opening inproximity to its lower end and Vprovided with a nose openin cut into itsupper edge, separated tabs ro uced by said nose opening, said tabs avingholes in their up er ends, said holder also being provided with v holesadjacent its lower edge and attaching tapes threaded through the lastnamed holes and-the holes in the tabs, as shown for the purposespecified.

2. A mask comprising a flexible holder,

a member consisting of lower and upper lip bridges with the mouthopening therebetween and upwardly projectlng spaced nose tabs leaving anose opening therebetween, said holding member having tape holestherein, and attaching tapes threaded through the last named holes incombination with a pad detachably fastened to the inner face of theholding member and adapted to contact with the face of the wearer, aportion of said pad being forced tlrough the nose opening when `the maskis applied.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

HENRY E. HUBBELL,v

